Cerritos, California, United States
CAREER SUMMARY * Executive Leader with broad-based experience in cash management, foreign exchange trading and financial analysis and reporting within the financial services and banking industries. * Accomplished professional who has earned a reputation for consistently meeting and exceeding profitability objectives. * Collaborative leader with the ability to build, train, motivate, and mentor highly successful teams to outstanding performance. * Effective communicator possessing excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills. Bilingual; fluent in English, and Mandarin. Computer literate. Specialties: ALM, budgeting, fixed income products, bank relationship management, debt capital markets, financial analysis, foreign exchange & futures, structured methods, swaps, technical analysis, global treasury management.
• Forecast global cash flow and report funding plans on weekly, monthly and annual basis • Monitor global payment activities to ensure timely disbursement to suppliers’ and vendors’ accounts • Manage and approve all banking relationships partnering with global banks to facilitate solutions for treasury activities • Manage balance sheet, cash flows and foreign exchange hedging program • Create operation procedures and internal Treasury & Funding policy/guidelines establishing benchmarks used for evaluating the hedging effectiveness • Ensure compliance with internal guidelines and external regulatory requirements • Responsible for financial risk management and periodically review trading counterparty risk • Responsible for annual budgeting for all corporate subsidiaries and participate in Group medium-term strategic planning • Formulate trading strategies in combination with FX options and execute trades • Conduct internal control to identify the areas of improvement • Serve as an interface with various business units such as FP&A, legal, compliance, logistics and purchasing units
• Responsible for funding, liquidity management, capital planning, managing Treasury Marketing Unit (TMU), analysis of net interest income (NII) and economic value of equity (EVE) sensitivity. • Prudently manage a $300MM securities investment portfolio that mainly comprised of US Agency, MBS/CMO, Municipal and Corporate securities • Perform independent risk analysis and formulate tactical Asset-Liability Management (ALM) strategies that include o Managing interest rate, liquidity and foreign exchange risks out of core banking activities o Managing liquidity risk in accordance with ALCO approved framework to ensure sufficient sources of funds are available over a range of market conditions o Articulating complex risk concepts along with relevant hedging strategies to senior management and the Board • Build lasting influential, consultative FX client relationships with key decision makers at all levels • Oversight of valuation, assumptions and parameters used in quantification of risk including yield curves, prepayment speeds and client deposit behavior modeling • Develop and implement policies, procedures, methodology, limits and reporting framework for Treasury interest rate and FX risks
- Provided clients with holistic personalized financial services Work with Wealth Management Research (WMR) analysts and strategists across the globe to provide clients with concise, reader-friendly and relevant research - By using a globally integrated, consistent approach, examined a comprehensive range of asset classes while also concentrating on topics such as social, demographic and geopolitical trends that have a unique relevance to private clients. - Generated and customized strategies for prospect clients by capitalizing on UBS Global Asset Management & Investment Bank resources - Built up and expanded a strong clientele base. Coverage included high net-worth individuals, middle market businesses, small business owners and institutional clients.
- Sold a full range of structured credit products, including CDO, CLO, CPDO, and CPPI. - Oversaw CDO closing and bond issuance processes in collaboration with the internal CDO syndicate team. - Managed client relationships, and provided clients with portfolio restructuring, deal switching, and tailor-made CDOs. - Built the local Treasury department from inception to successful operation. - Jointly marketed multi-products with the sales force. Products included CDO, FX spot/forward & options, FX NDF and CCS IRD, ABS, and other fixed income. - Achieved annual budget goals, increasing the bank's local profile in the marketplace. - Managed the bank's balance sheet. - Liaised with other business centers to provide clients with a global approach. - Fostered and maintained professional relationships with other department heads. - Packaged fixed income notes in local currency via currency swaps
- Responsible for sales of foreign exchange and derivative products - Client relationship management - Responsible for the FX team's revenue budget - Traded major and EM currencies to achieve annual budget goals. - Supported the treasury sales team by providing market views and successfully executing orders. - Provided technical analysis on major currencies to the sales team or per client requests.